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17,498 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Kabul, protests in Maputo (Mozambique) and rights and justice in Dhaka. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 71 in 100 of its 173 stories, usually 43
RegionOceania 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

123 of its 173 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Kabul accounted for 81 of Afghanistan's 123 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Somalia

26 of its 39 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Mogadishu accounted for 15 of Somalia's 26 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Drought was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Tunisia

15 of its 25 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tunis accounted for 11 of Tunisia's 15 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. 11 of Tunis' 11 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

231 of its 674 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 79 of Palestine's 126 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Hunger was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with hypothermia. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

16 of its 22 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Malawi

19 of its 56 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Australia (235 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Indonesia (22 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hiv in Lesotho (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in Panama (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Somalia (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 Mar. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 17,498 stories about harm among 102,486 counted on 5 Mar.

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Of the day's 102,486 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 5 March 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 173 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Israel59 in 100 of its 821 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan57 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice Rwanda56 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan51 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US242 stories about protests or strikes, of its 781 Boston US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Texas US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Jerusalem Israel28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137 Houston US24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 178

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: too little coverage to readYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: too little coverage to readChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSyria: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualBannu Cantonment, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsIslamabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 61 stories, carried by 34 outletsDonegal, Ireland -- health: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 16 stories, carried by 25 outletsRotterdam, Netherlands -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsColorado, US -- disasters & accidents: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsKyiv, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 69 stories, carried by 130 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Bannu Cantonment Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Islamabad Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 61 stories ● Donegal Ireland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 4,900 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 4,404 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,404 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,057 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 805 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 708 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 511 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 322 stories · about as usual

Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.

Harm reported 30 days →

Stories reporting people killed3,670 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,960 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,855 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured669 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting abductions316 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced168 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees160 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as usual

From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?

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